Portland OR

More Portland restaurants have stepped up to help feed people poised to lose their SNAP benefits Nov. 1 due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps) goes out to 143,000 Multnomah County residents each month, according to Oregon’s Department of Human...

ICE agents accused of excessive force, theft of personal items in Gresham arrest.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One person was arrested Friday during a demonstration outside the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Police arrested a 33-year-old man from Portland for his role in an altercation with another protester, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The man was booked into the...

Oregon – An Oregon parent was sentenced earlier this week to Iife in prison for causing the death of his 1-year-oId chiId, the District Attorney’s Office announced. The man, 27-year-oId E. CromweI, had been convicted roughIy a month earlier by a jury of second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assauIt, and...

Each month, Portland resident Alicia Rogers spends the entire $191 that the federal government loads onto her SNAP card the same day the money arrives. “The first shopping trip, it’s gone,” said Rogers, a 39-year-old single mother of two, ages 9 and 15. But today, Rogers won’t be...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As the future of federal SNAP benefits remains uncertain despite recent court rulings, some Oregonians are taking matters into their own hands to ensure families have enough to eat. In Northeast Portland, one small business turned an annual Halloween celebration on Alberta Street into an effort...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Amid uncertainty for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, efforts at the local level are not slowing down as charitable groups band together to feed those in need in Portland. PDX Free Fridges are located all over the city as just another form of food aid in...

Former Vancouver City Council member Pat Jollota issued an apology after her costume at a Halloween party stirred up controversy.

PORTLAND, OR — When politicians stalled on funding the nation’s SNAP food assistance program, one small coffee shop in Oregon stepped up — and inspired the world. Josh White, owner of Heretic Coffee Co. in Portland, decided to take matters into his own hands by creating a donation drive to feed people losing their...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Gresham woman is still missing her iPhone and her engagement ring after she says she was detained by federal agents for photographing them on Monday. Berenice Garcia-Hernandez said she was followed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers near Stark Street and Hogan Drive in Gresham...